Mechanical Engineer Jobs in Austin, TX
Mechanical engineer jobs in Austin, Texas concentrate in the Domain, North Austin's tech corridor, and the southeast industrial zone along Highway 183, across aerospace, semiconductor equipment, clean energy, and defense sectors. Employers hiring right now include Tesla, Saronic Technologies, and Amazon. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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Location
Austin, TX; New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA
Employment Type
Full time
Location Type
On-site
Department
Development
Compensation
- $210K – $270K
To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings. Our compensation package includes base salary, equity for all full time roles, benefits, and, for applicable roles, commissions plans.
This range reflects a good-faith estimate based on the applicable pay scale, the range previously established for this role, the compensation of individuals currently in equivalent positions, and/or the budgeted amount for the position. Actual compensation may vary based on experience, qualifications, and other factors.
We welcome compensation discussions if this range doesn't meet your requirements. Outstanding candidates may be eligible for adjusted terms, plus meaningful equity that ensures you benefit directly from the company's long-term performance.
Total compensation may also include equity in the form of restricted stock units.
About Fluidstack
We exist to make humanity more free. For most of human history, you farmed or you starved. Technology gave people more time for the things they wanted to do, instead of things they had to do. Powerful AI will be the biggest lever for human choice we've ever built - but only if models are aligned with what humanity actually wants. There are groups building AI who don't share these goals. Whoever deploys frontier compute infrastructure fastest will decide whether AI expands human freedom or shrinks it.
We're singularly focused on delivering 10 to 100s of GWs of compute faster than anyone else, rethinking every layer of the stack. We acquire power, design and build data centers, and operate them - with teams spanning hardware and software. Speed and scale are our key differentiators. Come be a part of building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI.
We hire people who care deeply about this problem space. If that is you, please apply!
How We Operate
Be a barrel. Full autonomy. Own things end to end, take on scope without being asked, no permission required to operate outside your core role.
Insane urgency. We drive everything forward as fast as possible.
Reason from first principles. Challenge every assumption. Zero analogy thinking, no egos, the best idea wins.
Love of the game. The frontier of AI is the most interesting problem of our time. We put in long hours at high intensity to push the frontier forward.
Build something that actually matters. If you're going to spend your time, spend it on something that matters to the world.
The Product Engineering Team
Product Engineering builds the power and cooling systems that let Fluidstack deliver gigawatt-scale AI data centers faster and denser than the grid-standard supply chain allows. The SST group is designing solid-state transformers as a core building block of that power architecture.
Examples of key problems the team is working on
Architect a medium-voltage solid-state transformer that can be manufactured, serviced, and scaled across gigawatt-scale campuses, not just demonstrated in a lab.
Define the interface between the SST and the MVDC distribution system, including protection, control boundaries, and fault behavior.
Build a semiconductor and magnetics supply strategy that survives a thin 10kV SiC market over a multi-year horizon.
Take converter hardware from topology selection through working prototypes on a schedule that data center construction actually depends on.
Role Scope
Design the mechanical and thermal architecture of the SST block: enclosure, busbars, cold plates, coolant loops, and a layout that fits megawatts of power electronics into a few cubic meters.
Get heat out of high-voltage parts, including transformers cooled through their insulation, while holding every creepage and clearance distance at tens of kilovolts.
Size the liquid cooling (glycol loops, heat exchangers, dielectric secondary loops) and close the thermal budget against measured losses at full power.
Design for manufacture, service, and transport: modules a technician can swap, enclosures rated for outdoor sites, and assemblies a contract manufacturer can build thousands of times.
Hand off drawings, tolerances, and test fixtures to suppliers, the test lab, and the certification body.
What We're Looking For
The below is a starting point. We always make space for exceptional people, so if you don't fit this role exactly, tell us where you would.
You've designed the enclosure and cooling for high-power converters (MV drives, inverters, SSTs, traction, or EV fast chargers) and shipped them.
You've laid out high-voltage busbars and conductors to meet creepage and clearance rules in a tight volume.
You've built liquid cooling for power electronics, from cold plates to heat exchangers, and matched your thermal models to test data.
You've designed parts for volume manufacture with a contract manufacturer and fixed what broke on the line.
You've designed hardware for outdoor or industrial sites: dust, humidity, vibration, and shipping loads.
Bonus: Thermal and flow simulation (CFD, Ansys Icepak, COMSOL). Mechanical CAD (SolidWorks, Creo, NX). Insulation coordination standards (IEC 60664, UL 840). Enclosure ratings (NEMA, IP). Design for manufacture and assembly (DFM, DFA).
We are committed to pay equity and transparency.
Fluidstack is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Fluidstack will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.
Applicant Privacy Notice
AI Screening Notice
Ashby Bias Audit
You will receive a confirmation email once your application has successfully been accepted. If there is an error with your submission and you did not receive a confirmation email, please email careers@fluidstack.io with your resume/CV, the role you've applied for, and the date you submitted your application- someone from our recruiting team will be in touch.
Location
Austin, TX; New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA
Employment Type
Full time
Location Type
On-site
Department
Development
Compensation
- $210K – $270K
To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings. Our compensation package includes base salary, equity for all full time roles, benefits, and, for applicable roles, commissions plans.
This range reflects a good-faith estimate based on the applicable pay scale, the range previously established for this role, the compensation of individuals currently in equivalent positions, and/or the budgeted amount for the position. Actual compensation may vary based on experience, qualifications, and other factors.
We welcome compensation discussions if this range doesn't meet your requirements. Outstanding candidates may be eligible for adjusted terms, plus meaningful equity that ensures you benefit directly from the company's long-term performance.
Total compensation may also include equity in the form of restricted stock units.
About Fluidstack
We exist to make humanity more free. For most of human history, you farmed or you starved. Technology gave people more time for the things they wanted to do, instead of things they had to do. Powerful AI will be the biggest lever for human choice we've ever built - but only if models are aligned with what humanity actually wants. There are groups building AI who don't share these goals. Whoever deploys frontier compute infrastructure fastest will decide whether AI expands human freedom or shrinks it.
We're singularly focused on delivering 10 to 100s of GWs of compute faster than anyone else, rethinking every layer of the stack. We acquire power, design and build data centers, and operate them - with teams spanning hardware and software. Speed and scale are our key differentiators. Come be a part of building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI.
We hire people who care deeply about this problem space. If that is you, please apply!
How We Operate
Be a barrel. Full autonomy. Own things end to end, take on scope without being asked, no permission required to operate outside your core role.
Insane urgency. We drive everything forward as fast as possible.
Reason from first principles. Challenge every assumption. Zero analogy thinking, no egos, the best idea wins.
Love of the game. The frontier of AI is the most interesting problem of our time. We put in long hours at high intensity to push the frontier forward.
Build something that actually matters. If you're going to spend your time, spend it on something that matters to the world.
The Product Engineering Team
Product Engineering builds the power and cooling systems that let Fluidstack deliver gigawatt-scale AI data centers faster and denser than the grid-standard supply chain allows. The SST group is designing solid-state transformers as a core building block of that power architecture.
Examples of key problems the team is working on
Architect a medium-voltage solid-state transformer that can be manufactured, serviced, and scaled across gigawatt-scale campuses, not just demonstrated in a lab.
Define the interface between the SST and the MVDC distribution system, including protection, control boundaries, and fault behavior.
Build a semiconductor and magnetics supply strategy that survives a thin 10kV SiC market over a multi-year horizon.
Take converter hardware from topology selection through working prototypes on a schedule that data center construction actually depends on.
Role Scope
Design the mechanical and thermal architecture of the SST block: enclosure, busbars, cold plates, coolant loops, and a layout that fits megawatts of power electronics into a few cubic meters.
Get heat out of high-voltage parts, including transformers cooled through their insulation, while holding every creepage and clearance distance at tens of kilovolts.
Size the liquid cooling (glycol loops, heat exchangers, dielectric secondary loops) and close the thermal budget against measured losses at full power.
Design for manufacture, service, and transport: modules a technician can swap, enclosures rated for outdoor sites, and assemblies a contract manufacturer can build thousands of times.
Hand off drawings, tolerances, and test fixtures to suppliers, the test lab, and the certification body.
What We're Looking For
The below is a starting point. We always make space for exceptional people, so if you don't fit this role exactly, tell us where you would.
You've designed the enclosure and cooling for high-power converters (MV drives, inverters, SSTs, traction, or EV fast chargers) and shipped them.
You've laid out high-voltage busbars and conductors to meet creepage and clearance rules in a tight volume.
You've built liquid cooling for power electronics, from cold plates to heat exchangers, and matched your thermal models to test data.
You've designed parts for volume manufacture with a contract manufacturer and fixed what broke on the line.
You've designed hardware for outdoor or industrial sites: dust, humidity, vibration, and shipping loads.
Bonus: Thermal and flow simulation (CFD, Ansys Icepak, COMSOL). Mechanical CAD (SolidWorks, Creo, NX). Insulation coordination standards (IEC 60664, UL 840). Enclosure ratings (NEMA, IP). Design for manufacture and assembly (DFM, DFA).
We are committed to pay equity and transparency.
Fluidstack is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Fluidstack will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.
Applicant Privacy Notice
AI Screening Notice
Ashby Bias Audit
You will receive a confirmation email once your application has successfully been accepted. If there is an error with your submission and you did not receive a confirmation email, please email careers@fluidstack.io with your resume/CV, the role you've applied for, and the date you submitted your application- someone from our recruiting team will be in touch.
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Who's Hiring
- Tesla25
- Saronic Technologies14
- Amazon10
- Fluidstack8
- SSOE6
Top Industries Hiring
- Science & Research
- Electronics & Hardware
- Manufacturing
- Staffing & Recruiting
- Consulting & Professional Services
Mechanical Engineer Jobs in Austin: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a mechanical engineer job in Austin?
Focus your search on Austin's strongest hiring sectors: semiconductor equipment manufacturers in North Austin, aerospace and defense contractors near Bergstrom, and clean energy firms clustered along the 183 corridor. Candidates with experience in thermal systems, precision manufacturing, or CAD-driven product development stand out locally. Attending Austin's engineering meetups and engaging with UT Austin's industry partnerships can also surface openings before they're widely posted.
Which companies hire mechanical engineers in Austin?
Employers hiring mechanical engineers in Austin right now include Tesla, Saronic Technologies, and Amazon, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Austin's hiring mix leans toward semiconductor capital equipment firms, defense primes, EV and clean-energy startups, and consumer electronics manufacturers, reflecting the city's deep manufacturing and hardware ecosystem.
Are there remote mechanical engineer jobs in Austin?
Yes, though remote work is limited for mechanical engineers because most roles involve hands-on lab work, hardware testing, or on-site manufacturing. About 28% of mechanical engineer openings tied to Austin are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, skewing toward simulation, FEA analysis, and systems engineering roles where the core work is computational rather than physical.
How can I get a mechanical engineer job in Austin with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path in Austin is targeting co-op and new-grad programs at the city's semiconductor equipment and defense contractors, which routinely hire from UT Austin and Texas A&M pipelines. Entry-level roles in manufacturing process engineering, test engineering, and product validation are common on-ramps. Building proficiency in SolidWorks or ANSYS and completing a capstone project tied to hardware gives Austin hiring managers a concrete reason to move forward.
Which industries hire the most mechanical engineers in Austin?
Austin mechanical engineer roles concentrate in Science & Research, Electronics & Hardware, and Manufacturing, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Austin's identity as a semiconductor and advanced manufacturing hub, combined with its growing defense and clean-energy presence, keeps demand for mechanical engineers consistently high across those sectors.
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